Golf practicing and training device and method



w. J. GoLDswoRTHY GOLF PRACTIICING'AND TRAININK DEVICE `AND METHOD med April 23, 1925 mvENTOR fwd? V' nections between it and the torso.

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hips furnishing, increasing-progressive degrees, the necessary flexible turnable con;

the torso, leaning obliquely, executes,- in the blow, a rocking or rolling movement. This rocking orrolling` ino'tionfo'f the torso, with the accompanyingeffort ofthe arms, wrists and hands,.begun'atthe taking of the club back fand continued until the ball has been hit, the ball being' always inview, until hit,

andl the head down, as explained above, is.

HSS in'iport-ant feature golf stroke, if not the ni'ost important. The foregoing' explains the golfing term piyo'ting on the hips.

' Again all authorities agree' that, after the .ball is hit, the club-head should not leave the l straight line ofthefiiglit of rthe ball, where theball has beensent straightaway in its correct'direction, but should follow after the ball in" that straight line for' some distance from where the'ball has been ,hit (known in golf as theV follow'f-through the tendency of the player beingto let the liead come up` justas the ball ishit, ,a tendency which fis ing' a Certain immediate coherent portion of the stroke while the force exerted for the stroke isbeing launched sustained and car- Y rilhis will ried throughy by other members of the body. require muscularV action by a player :which will be tohimv entirely new and demanding coordinate and synchronized action of muscles not before attempted and that already acquired, and what vto the player would seem natural, muscular actions for putting` forceV into vthe* blow must be broken down and, as 1t were, thrown DE.'

VVVTo attain this correct act-ion inv la golf y stroke, it has been the general method Aheremovement ofthe head fina-y esc etliee fthe most .competent vinstru tofor'e, (for the player to dohis practicing andtry'out his work under the eye and tute-V lage of ay professional teacher of 'the' gaine. But teachers of golf agree that the correct execution `of the abovejpai'ticularized actions is ofthe hardest for the practicing player to comprehend and'atta'pin 'and of the hardest forjthe 'tutor to intelligibly impari-,16. 'the player. The action .in hitting aball i'sso rapid-that, as the head is fr' "tomoveaa his attention sat the sans Thus gned by all coinl'getentjudgesas being an i me, c p n The Vabove methi ond man standing by telling the first how y' to do it with the iirsttrying to do what the second tells hiniV This method vis governed by so many personal limitations ofboth the actors that often no satisfactory results n whatever are produced.

The appl'cant has-'thoughtit well'to abandon the above method and devote rhis, efforts towards developing a method v-wliereby the 'player could seit-tutor himself; in the reouiirementsV of thepe'rfect stroke, as set forth at length above, and by which the player would, inpracticing, at once be brought to a knowledge of what correlated muscular act-ions should Voccurto malte the correct stroke andv under mechanical guid lance self acquire and drill himself in those actions andnimpose them on himself.` He now proposes, in practicing golf' strokes away-front the course, with a club in hand and a ball or substitute in place to be hit, the novely methodl 5fwhen andas the playero head progressively and freely assumes. the .farthest forward and downward position attained thereby, for and in ,executing the st1ole,=then'forcibly restraining the head Y in that position against a retrograde upward and backward movement, then continuing theforcible restraint into and 'during the er'- lecutionl of the stroke until'the ball has been hit and then after that elin'iinating` the forcible restraint by the faction of the club in Lthe stroke and thus freeing` the head for unrestrained movement during the remainder of the Stroke, n Y

Thus, while the product is not claimed as new, theV offered method of production and theY offered device for production are, the saine being, in effect, theV feeding into a machine, operated by vthe player himself, of raw material in the shape ofavpla'yer Vwith loose lu'nsynch'roni'Zed and Vunc'oordinated'` ies muscular. action and turning the material into a vfinished desirable article inv theshape of a player ywith .fixed synchronized and coordinated muscular. action. TheV distinction between the function 4being'iliade plainin the above example justi'esthedevice 'and the'method claims whichv will follow. g i

g The' "applicant proposes and shows a device "vlich 'his above proposedmethod -beea lied out, the'particulars of whichl ofY tlierniachine and a product of the ,machine f seal upright bar 16. The upper prong 17 is fashioned to passvclosely lover the plate 4v and the lower prong 17 to pass closely Vunder the plate 4 for the limited distance necessary to secure a clamping action on the plate' 4 so that whenlthe upright bar 16 i's held immovable the prongs 17 and 17 will hold the plat-e 4v immovable, the prongs 17 and '17 being fashioned to be slid into and out of a clamping relation with thel plate 4.V The terni detent could be applied tothe arrangement as a whole of the prongsv 17 and 17 rigidly secured to the upright bar 16 which in turn, for the time, is in immovable connection with the arm 13 with the arm 13 incapable of an upward and Ydownward movement in the slot-'s 12 but capable of an enteringand retiring movement in the slots 12. vFor, so conditioned, when theprongs 17 Y and 17 are predisposed, as intended, to clamp the plate 4, the plate 4 will be locked from turning on the pintle V3 and, when they arm 13 is retired fromtheslots 12V sufficiently to withdraw therprongs 17 and 17 from Y contact with the plate 4, the plate 4 will be unlocked and be free to turn on theV pintle 3. In this'manner lthe definition of a de tent-as that which locks or unlocks amovement-will be satisfied. The outline of the ball 18 is .shown on the surface played upon in its position, in relation to the device, Vfrom where it is intended that the player willhit it away by a blow or stroke with the Vclub-swung by his hands,V vThe arrows ae show the approximate path of theclub-head'of the club beforethe ball v18 is hit and the arrowsy showthe same path 1 after the ball 18 Vhas been hit.

20l shows an horizontally; revolving' bar freely pivotedjY on a pin 21 extendingV through a bore yin the horizontally revolving bar 20 and rigidly'set in the base '1.

' A register 24 as vordinarily used to transmute revolutions of a shaft into expressions on a dial is secured to the basel and the Vtions o f the4 device.

shaft 23, operating the mechanism ofthe register, is shown projecting therefrom .with

the Afingers 22' .rigidly secured-thereon in contact with and, intendedto beY actuatedV by the revolving bar 20. No mechanismof the register 24 is shown as it is intended that any revolving shaft operated Vregister Y may be used adapted for the purpose of .froml the slot-s 12. f

rEhe parts of device beingV provided yand assembledinto operableV relation as described,'the. player, in using the saine in practicing training himself. in matters vconcern-ling his play to which it apport-aine,

75 where the` club should be carried beforeV leaving that line and then move the arm r 13 so as to have the depending blow receiving part 14, suspending from the eye 15, of the arm 13, to hang perpendicularly through that point, shifting the arm 13 in the slots 12 so that theV depending `blow receiving part 14 will hang in air at the proper point. The end of the blow receiving part 14 connecting with the arm 13 being already passed through the eye k15 and wrapped on thearm 13,v and being; careful not to disturbcthis set position oftheY arm 13, he will vslide ,the sliding foot 18 on the arm 13 until VVthe integral upright 16 moves the prongs 17 and 17 into a locking position'with the plate 4, the plate 4 being at thel same time turned on the pintle 3 to present itself in the position tol be locked by the prongs 17y and 17. Y The removable bolt19. will then be inserted in and through the bore in 18 'and' a bore inl 13 where it will hold, through the means of the foot 18, upright 16 and prongs 17 and 17', Athe plate 44 locked against a movement on. the pintle 3. VThel cord 9,- with *the associated parts shown, Vis then connected to the cap 7 by the -hook 8 and the cap 7 vset as tightlyand as rigidly onthel head of the player as comfort Vwill allow; The player with club in one hand, then faces the device on the side where the ball lies and forv the -momentfstands yclose to, if notV actually over, the ball 18. He then grasps plate 4 and allows the weight'lO to come vto a rest just runder the arcuate' -shaped end ofthe plate 4 with theportion of the cord 9 immediately above' the weight 10 in and bentl over the arcuate shaped .end of the therein. 1

The-player thenfbacks away Yfrom vthe device towards the location vwhere his stance Vwill be taken forv the hitting-ofthe ball18 allowing, at the Sametime in retiringb.the`

cord 9 tolV play through his hands, 'maintain'- .ing at `the sameV time suiicient pull onutlie cord 9 to liavefthe weight 1()V to maintainits platey 4 tobe held in frictional `contact Y first laced position i1nniecliately-inder the arcuate end Vof the plate l"Vlhen the lplayer reaches `his stance po'sitionfhe vasa welljup andthenrelea'ses his, handheld sumesan erect upright stand withvthehead Y puiifen meheaaef the begin v faddressingv thej,ball allowing "his f' h eaa, af theysamertime, to:in eiine;ferwai-d l arid downwardfuntil lhe hasy the *feel that y'ries-offslois12'may bemade-in ,thesupports y i ingfthe forward1 and-downward niovement of theheadftlieeweiglit l10 *will again l drop f v and v.pull i che cord 9aiidfthei` rreglarities irregularities '11 ori-tlieveo'rd) beingjadapted v ifodisengaginfly slide: overkthe arcuate end 'of the-:plate 41;and;theyserratioiisl fjin the forward and' dowriward frictionaljmovemelit if 20 Y with the arciiafeeIid-of the plate'4= lif a retrogradeu'pward "aridilbaolardmovement lljoverftlie'arciiate eiidgofihe platee. i The of, :the y:cord 9 KVarid to 'immediately engage in shemale@ attempted neaimmediately 'Stop y. Y d such retrograde 1 moverfiieritxsf'lhe ser-rations "'25 5fonjgthe plate-,41' 'beinglalsojadapted; to per: j; mitthefdisengagingforwalrdfaild downward Vyjiri'etioiial movement ofithecrd: 9-ar1d to in f `immediately.preventaaliyQ'retrogradefupward'= erequiredy to?operate'the-registerfe:Itlhas 'BOfa'iid backard rri'oveiiientgofgthef cord, 9.- :The iaddressf being; comp'letedfand v,theeheadf of the'"player,V4 hayirlgl las'simed; as f it ,j will, ij its farthest "fforward'j and -di 'downward position,

' .'(iiearelst "related position ytolthe ball) will obi-` 35 yiously'be prevented;bytheirieans connected 5 therewith and,.operatirigfasjdescribed, :from Y g; .being lifted baolwa'rdly *and upwardly and flocked iii .itslfarthesb orwardjand; down- Clamp the plate L 21j arid will `continue to be FI'Witlifhis head so hit; the dependingy blow Vreceiving parli ,14,

predisposed in their-line offswingjof the cluby :heady as" explained, `and fferijl to Y violently carry `ch'esame with, itjcaiis'irig'the blow re- Y eei'virig part 1 1 `to pull on thearrn 13. From -g yand vthrough this suddenpiillg tl1e arm 13 willffbe retiredlfromgthe slosfwlQ` arid 'the p1'ongs17 andlf willfberetired roinlocl Y, ing relation with "thdplatej 4.,

" fingfplate ofbe aeiiiated '1b aridturned-'fon Y Vhis headktth "pla, l

' FmYGIIie'n't of the headof theplayerthr'oiigh @fr dated-means ,acting ofthef'plaie 4 iid hllf and [thereby unlocking "the `head 'of' )the fayer, `tliroughfiihel locked the j player i 110W; executes v. his stroke Y mdfafer-rhevball 182e hiet-bathe Clubfhed foi the. `clubof `che player the elubliead `will e 'The ,piane 25 win, in fre "has been' .fqund, lees-imb1 a-ggafinsuhe upright afstpzpingihefurther-5 2 -1 e d .i `nio-verrient lofi-fthe; arrnhl,and thu'sfqeausingf' ,i 1 y oliiieetiiig-endfof.ftheblowfreceiving fr f part:14.-toluiirollgaiidseparate from the arrr1 ,`V f d land allfyofiithewpartleftoabe'Carried away fioIk the 'club-head.*1115?is! obvious that, the; ySangle. with which the plaite'l- 11 n'eet's the'cord 9;,cfangbe;Variedy` byfsetting'thepin13'higher v 'forlowerl iiizthe. supports-f2; andiagainga* s'e-i` y Y 2 `aboveand below' eachother and thearm extellidedyas '.-de'sired;V overfiglie-surface v played 'upon,"iii =higliel orf lower position? 'V .Y f" tharishlowii, ,making .theiipright bar; 1 6- ad vf ajustable l 11p-wardly; lor,downwardlygonythe 80 farmf-l' andtoerigidly.'Connect therewith QftSdiereritghgh"0r'lowposiiions tof still Y CMT??@53.111101152517andll7',-nt,0 their l .proper-grippingposition for the plate @yall f heilig feqiiiya'lerits,of the'y principle already showiland,eXplained; y l f Atthe time the baile. ism Aby 11160111101-` Y ..1 headwthe vendfofgthe pivotedyr'evolvingbar" 20,will A also bev hit aiidgbe 1 revolved oni y'the f fpnfla'nd Willa-@Dragt .in tszrevolutnsfo Q f wth .;tl1e"ngers 22,jnlsiieeession; causing" L? i, them, -nktuinjaw 'rvolveand' thus eiv'e tov 11111Sh21ft23he-fhessalyrevolving?motion Yarm 13 land 'their togleay'e the ernf 13. j.. A

all? giiiiesf'ito i -r "Per serving as a force signal or goal only without the head restraining and releasing features. In this case there will be usedthe'base 1,'the uprightsc2, thefslots 12, the arm 13 andthe blow receiving part 14, `with or without the register 24 and means operating it, all .formed and assembled as above explained. The eye 15 being also provided in the arm V13. Then, the ball 18', org substitute, being in place to be hit and the base 1 and uprights 2 being set to one side of the line of swing of the club-head, the arm13 will be adjusted in the slots 12 to rest at some desired poin" over the fore line of the travel of the clubhead after the ball has been hit, with the eye 15 above that line.v VrIhe blow receiving part l v 14 willfthen be 'depended from the arm v13 in the proper line of the fore travel of the clubhead and separably-connected with it by haying one end pass through the eye 15 and V'loosely turned around the arm 13 so as to bev easily separated therefrom and carried away when hit by the club-head. 'Ihe arm 13, if desired, may be wedged in the slots 12-to render it immovable. The player then hits the ball 18 and exerts his effort in the stroke to carry the club-head through and out to and hit the blow receiving part 14. By shifting the arm 13 or base 1 so that the depending blow receiving part 14 hangs aty greater or less distances away from the ball in the fore line of play, the player is required to'niake greater or less efforts to carry the club-head through. In each blow the clubheadas'it hits into the'blow receiving part 14 will noiselessly separate it from the arm 13 thus informing the player that the club-head has been properly carried through, or if the blowv receiving part 14 is Amissed by the club-head and remains hanging to the arm 13 the player will be thus informed that the clubhead has not been properly carried through. YThe noiseless removal Yof the blow receiving part 14from the arm 13, 'as

described, has been found quite acceptable and advantageous adding much to the composureand confidence of the player in making the blow. The register 24 if used at this time, is operated at the time'the ball 18VK is hit by the club by and through the means already described as hit by the club and oper ating the same, `Y i l y During the 'development of the device, when using the same in the limited quarters of a house roo1n,'the applicant has found that the use of a ball may be dispensed with and the stroke made at and over a' selected point on the surface played upon where the ball, if used, would lie.` Strokesmade inV such a manner, as already described where 'ballis used, bring to the player the proper play of'muscular action desired and save time by relieving him of the need of retrieving and replacingvthe' ball after each stroke v,also avoids noise and the contact of thev flying ball with the walls or lfurniture of the room and the possiblejdamage thereto.

It has alreadyV beenvproposed to apply i Arestraint' to different members of the body the ball have taken place and to a emoval of the restraint 'after they stroke has ybeen en- Y tirely completed andthe yplayer again at rest. rlhe present proposition differentiates itself from the above in being directed towards producing in the player harmonious correlated muscular actions by automatically applying compulsory restraint to the head of the player onlyafter all the prcliminarics tothe stroke have been made and the actual effort ofthe player to hit the ball is occurring and then automatically freeing the head from such compulsory restraint duringthe stroke at some desired point inthe stroke and before all'of the stroke has been completed.

The term stroke as used in this description is intended to include the fore travel of the club after the ball has been hit and until the club has been brought to rest. Also the term automatically is used in the sense thatwhere an'impluse is directed towards oneresult the said impulse is made to effect another and additional result, without direct manual aid.

`Having thus illustrated my invention and described the same in detail, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a golf practicingand training device the combination 'withan elongated `means in detachable connection with the head-wear of the player and transmitting movements'of the head of the player to and actuating a supported operablejmember of thedevice freely moving onv the support, of a detent means, adapted to lock the said supported onerable member againstmovement and unlock the same for movement, and inconnection with the detent means adapted to receive and convey a force, Vexerted thereon' and moving the same, to the detent means for operatingI the detent means. .Y Y 2. In a golf lpracticingA andr training device t-he combination with an elongated means inV detachable connection with thc head-wear of the player and transmitting` movements of the head of the player to and actuating a supported operable member of the device freely moving on the support, of a detent means, adapted to lock the said supported operable member against movement andA unlock the same for movement,

Vand an extension carried `by the, detent .xineans-i; detachable f eonneetn l Wtlifithev head-wearffof the p lavermand transmitting ymovementsofthe head 'of' the player 'to and d* ,supported operable' memberfaganst move- A means, after the'detet sadtuated;

heed-wem of the playera neri c emiten@ vrplaced vover the fore line" of travel yof a,V club 4'sfvvunzgf' by the playenf'a' blow reee'vng lmeans depended-in thejfo're l'ne oftravel'f V0f land Ahit and moved'lbyy the club and VVa vrupturable connection b etvveel` the -S'ad blow re'celvngfmeans vand the 'sa`d'-extension, 'adapted tovbe rptureifunder thefforce; applied by, Vthe-club .to the blow receiving ideeen-im] 11S;

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10. :In a 'golf praetelugv aridy training de-k -S'et to one eide of the fore line' oftravel of theVAV` vice in combination, a base,` adapted to be set to one side of the fore line of travel of the club-head, an upright carried .by the bese, en erm .eelflied by the uniehtleteielly extended therefrom, adapted to be positioned over the fore line of travel or. the club-head, and a depending blow receiving means loosely carried on the arm, adapted to poSif tioned on the arm in the fore line of travel line of travel of the club-head and a ruptur-Y able'connection joining the depending blon7 receiving means to the arm, adapted `to. be ruptured under the force of a blow fromk the club-head. v f

l.V ln a golf1 practicing and training device in combination, a base, adapted to be setto one side of the fore line of. travel of .the club-head, an upright carried by Vthe base, an arm carried by the upright laterally extended therefrom adapted to be positioned over theA fore line of travel of the club-head, a depending blow receiving means loosely carriedon the arm, adapted to b e positioned on the arm in the Jfore 'line of' travel, of: the club-head and to be separated from the arm under the force of a blovv` from the clubhead, a pivoted revolving member adaldted toY be hit and actuated by the club-head during the blow, and a register means operated' 7 by and recording` the revolutions o f thepivoted revolving member. Y

lll. In golf practicing and training the method of producing co-ordinated muscular Lepage action in a player, during a practice stroke vvith a club swung by the player, by allowing the head of the player to progressively quirxe the felfeheee farmed Veed devewelfd position; assumed thereby for and in making the etreke ellen Silbi'ee-ne the head Vte e.' eemivard 'and backward movement., then continuing thle said restraint into andi'or a portien ef the eerele and then'dieeeneieune' the restraint and restoring the free movement or' the head for thel remainder of the o stroke.

l5.y In rolf niactioinef` and, trainmo' the TJ D l v D l method of producingCo-ordinate muscular Vactionin a player, during a practicestrolre with a club swung by the player, by allowing the head ot the player to progressively acqulre the i'arthest forward 'and doivn- Ward position assumed thereby Vfor andV in .making the. stroke, then subjecting the head to amech'anical restraint against a retrograde upward and backward movement, then continuing the said mechanical yrestravint for a predetermined portionl of the strole and then discontinuing the said' mechanical restraint and restoringthe free movement ot the head, for the' remainder oi' the, stroke.

1G. ln a golf practicing and training device'the eombinationivith an elongated means in detachable connection with the headnvear of the player and transmitting movements of the head of the player to andv actuating a sulfiported-4 operableniember freely moving on the support, of a detent, adapted toy predeterminately lool; the-head actuatedmovae ble, member against movement, an elongated ble-W reeeireapeteeeel te be hit enel moved by. the eluh efthe player, enel eperatireeee- Iieetieae. between ellel blew eeeeiver eed the detent, adaptedto convey', a movement .of the blow yreceiverto, thedetent for actuating the 7 detent.v

WILMAM'J. GGLQSWORIHY. 

